| Never use the passive voice in an incitement to action, however vile or reprehensible. |
| A handful of misspellings, constant use of the passive voice, and frequent repetitiveness mar the study. |
| A foundation narrative often was not about an individual hero, but was told in the passive voice and emphasized the technologies themselves. |
| The passive voice is formed within the same paradigm, by be followed by the past participle, but is not a tense. |
| I learned the distinction between the active and passive voice as early as fifth grade. |
| George Orwell argues that the passive voice can be a tool for political abuse. |
